Johan Larsbrink

2.6k total citations · 2 hit papers
55 papers, 1.9k citations indexed

About

Johan Larsbrink is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Biomedical Engineering and Biotechnology. According to data from OpenAlex, Johan Larsbrink has authored 55 papers receiving a total of 1.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 34 papers in Molecular Biology, 32 papers in Biomedical Engineering and 31 papers in Biotechnology. Recurrent topics in Johan Larsbrink's work include Biofuel production and bioconversion (32 papers), Enzyme Production and Characterization (31 papers) and Polysaccharides and Plant Cell Walls (11 papers). Johan Larsbrink is often cited by papers focused on Biofuel production and bioconversion (32 papers), Enzyme Production and Characterization (31 papers) and Polysaccharides and Plant Cell Walls (11 papers). Johan Larsbrink collaborates with scholars based in Sweden, Denmark and Norway. Johan Larsbrink's co-authors include Lauren S. McKee, Harry Brumer, Phillip B. Pope, Vincent G. H. Eijsink, G.J. Davies, Lisbeth Olsson, Scott Mazurkewich, Sabina Leanti La Rosa, G.R. Hemsworth and Nicole M. Koropatkin and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Journal of the American Chemical Society and Journal of Biological Chemistry.

In The Last Decade

Johan Larsbrink

51 papers receiving 1.9k citations

Hit Papers

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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

A discrete genetic locus confers xyloglucan metabolism in select human gut Bacteroidetes

2014 380 citations Johan Larsbrink, Lauren S. McKee et al. profile →
Polysaccharide degradation by the Bacteroidetes: mechanisms and nomenclature

2021 197 citations Lauren S. McKee, Vincent G. H. Eijsink et al. profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Johan Larsbrink Sweden	25	927	673	597	544	397	55	1.9k
Lauren S. McKee Sweden	26	966 1.0×	542 0.8×	433 0.7×	793 1.5×	328 0.8×	45	2.1k
G. İmmanuel India	28	787 0.8×	387 0.6×	537 0.9×	440 0.8×	184 0.5×	103	3.1k
A. Palavesam India	25	771 0.8×	335 0.5×	532 0.9×	364 0.7×	199 0.5×	100	2.4k
Jacqueline Destain Belgium	28	1.3k 1.4×	579 0.9×	343 0.6×	464 0.9×	197 0.5×	110	2.3k
Jong‐Hyun Jung South Korea	25	762 0.8×	316 0.5×	703 1.2×	260 0.5×	485 1.2×	99	1.7k
Sudhir P. Singh India	31	1.0k 1.1×	245 0.4×	307 0.5×	782 1.4×	379 1.0×	120	2.4k
Ramesh Chand Kasana India	17	711 0.8×	400 0.6×	545 0.9×	533 1.0×	103 0.3×	34	1.5k
Yunxiang Liang China	33	1.5k 1.6×	391 0.6×	463 0.8×	516 0.9×	176 0.4×	124	2.9k
Jesper Holck Denmark	24	602 0.6×	274 0.4×	372 0.6×	437 0.8×	653 1.6×	66	1.7k
Miia Mäkelä Finland	32	1.2k 1.2×	1.5k 2.2×	1.0k 1.7×	1.9k 3.5×	142 0.4×	102	3.4k

Countries citing papers authored by Johan Larsbrink

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Johan Larsbrink

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Coleman, Tom, et al.. (2025). Extremely acidophilic filamentous fungi are more prevalent in diverse ecosystems than previously documented. Scientific Reports. 15(1). 30445–30445.

Mazurkewich, Scott, et al.. (2025). Structural and biochemical basis for activity of Aspergillus nidulans α-1,3-glucanases from glycoside hydrolase family 71. Communications Biology. 8(1). 1298–1298. 1 indexed citations

Lombard, Vincent, Élodie Drula, Scott Mazurkewich, et al.. (2024). Streptomyces castrisilvae sp. nov. and Streptomyces glycanivorans sp. nov., novel soil streptomycetes metabolizing mutan and alternan. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SYSTEMATIC AND EVOLUTIONARY MICROBIOLOGY. 74(9). 2 indexed citations

Mazurkewich, Scott, et al.. (2024). Exploration of three Dyadobacter fermentans enzymes uncovers molecular activity determinants in CE15. Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology. 108(1). 335–335.

Mazurkewich, Scott, et al.. (2023). A unique AA5 alcohol oxidase fused with a catalytically inactive CE3 domain from the bacterium Burkholderia pseudomallei. FEBS Letters. 597(13). 1779–1791. 1 indexed citations

Idström, Alexander, et al.. (2023). Resin acids play key roles in shaping microbial communities during degradation of spruce bark. Nature Communications. 14(1). 8171–8171. 9 indexed citations

Larsbrink, Johan & Leila Lo Leggio. (2023). Glucuronoyl esterases – enzymes to decouple lignin and carbohydrates and enable better utilization of renewable plant biomass. Essays in Biochemistry. 67(3). 493–503. 11 indexed citations

Larsbrink, Johan, Barbara Darnhofer, Ruth Birner‐Gruenberger, et al.. (2022). Recombinant Protein L: Production, Purification and Characterization of a Universal Binding Ligand. Journal of Biotechnology. 359. 108–115. 4 indexed citations

Mazurkewich, Scott, Caroline S. Pereira, Haohao Fu, et al.. (2022). Mechanism and biomass association of glucuronoyl esterase: an α/β hydrolase with potential in biomass conversion. Nature Communications. 13(1). 1449–1449. 27 indexed citations

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Hüttner, Silvia, Peter Rugbjerg, Nguyễn Thanh Thủy, et al.. (2021). Genomic and transcriptomic analysis of the thermophilic lignocellulose-degrading fungus Thielavia terrestris LPH172. Biotechnology for Biofuels. 14(1). 131–131. 31 indexed citations

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Mazurkewich, Scott, et al.. (2021). Structure of a C1/C4-oxidizing AA9 lytic polysaccharide monooxygenase from the thermophilic fungus Malbranchea cinnamomea. Acta Crystallographica Section D Structural Biology. 77(8). 1019–1026. 7 indexed citations

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Ravn, Jonas L., Martin K. M. Engqvist, Johan Larsbrink, & Cecilia Geijer. (2021). CAZyme prediction in ascomycetous yeast genomes guides discovery of novel xylanolytic species with diverse capacities for hemicellulose hydrolysis. Biotechnology for Biofuels. 14(1). 150–150. 18 indexed citations

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Mazurkewich, Scott, Ronny Helland, Alasdair Mackenzie, et al.. (2020). Structural insights of the enzymes from the chitin utilization locus of Flavobacterium johnsoniae. Scientific Reports. 10(1). 13775–13775. 12 indexed citations

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Olsson, Lisbeth, et al.. (2020). Multimodular fused acetyl–feruloyl esterases from soil and gut Bacteroidetes improve xylanase depolymerization of recalcitrant biomass. Biotechnology for Biofuels. 13(1). 60–60. 27 indexed citations

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Hüttner, Silvia, Anikó Várnai, Dejan M. Petrović, et al.. (2019). Specific Xylan Activity Revealed for AA9 Lytic Polysaccharide Monooxygenases of the Thermophilic Fungus Malbranchea cinnamomea by Functional Characterization. Applied and Environmental Microbiology. 85(23). 55 indexed citations

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Mazurkewich, Scott, Jens-Christian N. Poulsen, Leila Lo Leggio, & Johan Larsbrink. (2019). Structural and biochemical studies of the glucuronoyl esterase OtCE15A illuminate its interaction with lignocellulosic components. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 294(52). 19978–19987. 24 indexed citations

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Thanh, Vu Nguyen, et al.. (2019). Surveying of acid-tolerant thermophilic lignocellulolytic fungi in Vietnam reveals surprisingly high genetic diversity. Scientific Reports. 9(1). 3674–3674. 25 indexed citations

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Arntzen, Magnus Ø., et al.. (2018). Proteomic Dissection of the Cellulolytic Machineries Used by Soil-Dwelling Bacteroidetes. mSystems. 3(6). 42 indexed citations

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Hüttner, Silvia, Zoraide Granchi, Thomas F. C. Chin‐A‐Woeng, et al.. (2017). Combined genome and transcriptome sequencing to investigate the plant cell wall degrading enzyme system in the thermophilic fungus Malbranchea cinnamomea. Biotechnology for Biofuels. 10(1). 265–265. 32 indexed citations

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Cartmell, Alan, Lauren S. McKee, María J. Peña, et al.. (2011). The Structure and Function of an Arabinan-specific α-1,2-Arabinofuranosidase Identified from Screening the Activities of Bacterial GH43 Glycoside Hydrolases. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 286(17). 15483–15495. 80 indexed citations

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